The scarily brilliant Angela Slatter has whittled up this simple chart of her writing process. I’ve sat in on all sorts of weird and wonderful writing classes, groups, all of that schtick – but I’ve never seen a writing workflow summed up so well.
Ponder this well, my padawans, because Angela Slatter? She’ll write your FACE off. The lady knows her biz.
The rest of the advice lies here: http://www.angelaslatter.com/reminder-to-self/
…the artist just dropped this nifty piece of quest artwork onto the Facebook page. Check it out!
A nice taste of things to come 🙂
URL is here: http://www.dragonassault.com/
Facebook page is here: https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Dragon-Assault/461417370535039
Feast your eyes on this!
I’ve written some content for this upcoming RPG, which is soon to be released as a beta for Facebook and on the web. I’ve seen some of the other artwork for it, and it’s absolutely GORGEOUS. Do yourself a favour and sign up for the beta, this world is amazingly detailed and I reckon it’s going to be lots of fun.
More info here:
Over at the Australian Horror Writers Association page, the Mentor Program for 2012 has just been announced:
http://www.australianhorror.com/index.php?view=104
There’s a bunch of great folks giving their time to the program this year, and I’m lucky enough to also be on this list. No matter what you’re working on, chances are there’s an AHWA mentor who can help you with your project. I’m specifically interested in working with novellas/short stories, and I look forward to helping my mentoree get their work into shape.
All the relevant details are at the above link, but if you’ve got any questions, please feel free to contact me or the AHWA. It should be noted that the Mentor Program is only open to AHWA members, but membership is cheap and you get many benefits (such as this program, the short fiction contests, Midnight Echo, comraderie, and all sorts of goodies).
Of all the friends requests to get! A certain Tamsyn Webb (resident of Gravesend, Kent) has gotten hold of a working mobile phone, and can be found on Twitter via the following link:
Last I heard, things were getting pretty tough over there, but apparently these folks have thrown up some sort of barricade to keep out the neighbours. You know, the ones that are dead but still walk around? If it’s not on the news yet, I’d be asking some serious questions…
Tamsyn in action – I imagine something dead and walking is about to wear that arrow. IN THE FACE.
Tamsyn seems quite happy to chat to folks (well, for as long as Twitter lasts, given that all other communications with the UK seem to be failing). We’re quietly working on the telling of her adventures, which is hard given that she can only write to me 140 characters at a time.
Here’s what we’ve come up with so far, if you’re interested then by all means order a copy in. Her share of the profits will go towards new archery kit, baked beans, ramen noodles and medicine. Okay, apparently she just wants chocolate.
A recent interview I did over at 40K books, where I wax philosophical on e-books and such. Check em out, they’ve got a great range of books from authors such as Kaaron Warren, Bruce Sterling, and Jeff VanDerMeer.
http://www.40kbooks.com/?p=13470